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Fact #153401

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Short story:

Buddy Holly And The Crickets play at The Gaumont, Worcester, England, UK, Europe.

Full article:

Patricia Mace : I heard That’ll Be The Day by Buddy Holly and The Crickets and absolutely loved it. When we heard they were to play a concert in Worcester as part of a British tour, a group of us got together and travelled there by train.

After the show, which was great, I decided to try to get Buddy Holly’s autograph. So I left the others in the foyer of the theatre and went around the back to the stage door. I was amazed to find the only person there was a member of the Gaumont staff and the door was open.

As I was talking to the man, Buddy Holly walked past. He looked out through the door, saw me and asked what I wanted. I said I’d like his autograph, but instead of just signing the show programme, he said, ‘Come on in’.

So I followed him down the corridor into his dressing room. It was almost surreal. I sat in the corner of the room in my best green coat I had worn for the evening. As well as Buddy, The Crickets were there winding down after their performance. I remember they were listening to Little Richard records on small portable record player they had with them. Every so often Buddy would come over and ask if I was all right and apart from that they were just chatting among themselves.

After about twenty minutes one of the people from the Gaumont stuck his head around the door and said: ‘Your friends are waiting for you to go back. They want to go home.’ But I thought there was no way I was going to leave; a teenage girl sat there surrounded by Buddy Holly and The Crickets. So I told them to go home without me. After about half an hour, Buddy got a call that his transport was ready, but before he went he asked for my telephone number and address and promised to call me. I ended up catching a taxi home with two friends and it cost us £30, which was a lot of money for us then.
Source : http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/features/mikepryce/9310103.Oh__boy__I___m_Buddy_Holly___s_mystery_girl/